Illegal immigrants

Cibby KrellSpartanburg

Published: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 12:00 a.m.

No, I'm not a Native American. A few of my ancestors arrived in South Carolina in 1756, speaking German. They had to deal with British immigration officials, who proceeded to butcher the spelling of their names. They learned English, and their immigration process was completed in due form.

Some of my ancestors came earlier, some later, but all followed the due process of immigration that was in place at the time.

I have not yet read that any law has been passed requiring everything in the United States to be documented in two languages, but everything that I buy these days has that Spanish version on it. Why?

The media has stopped calling illegal immigrants by that name, which they are by today's legal code, and instead have begun to use the term "undocumented residents."

It is my feeling that we must sue the federal government to perform two of its sworn, primary duties: enforce the laws of the land and protect our borders. If it refuses to do so, we have the legal means to fire and replace them.

Illegal immigrants are illegal, are not legally entitled to be here and deserve none of the benefits of legal citizens. Currently the economic drain has to be monumental, with no benefit to the country. Any form of amnesty for them would be a travesty for our legal system.

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